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Before the Syrian Civil war started, Yasser was a student at Damascus University. He came to Japan because he could not continue his studies due to the civil war. Yasser enrolled in the School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University with the UNHCR Refugee Higher Education Program (RHEP). He graduated Meiji University in March 2021.

 

During his time at SGJS, he has also been speaking in various places in Japan so that more people know about the refugees and the situation in Syria. This event was held by Yasser and his seminar group as we rarely have the opportunity to hear his story as a refugee and the eldest son supporting his family.
 

Comment by Yasser Jamal

I am Yasser Jamal, an international student from Syria. Through this event I tried to share my experience with other students from different perspectives and points of view for the first time. I reached other students from the point of view of a student, refugee and family member. By doing so I tried to deliver a positive message to other students depending on my good and bad experiences that I have had.

My main purpose of this event was to encourage other student to be positive, be grateful for their lives and what they have, to value family more and put it in top priority, how to use their time to develop themselves during their university life, find their passion and what they want to do in the future, being patient and strong during hard times, and to never give up on reaching their dreams no matter how hard it is. These are some of the things I talked about in my videos through my 3 different identities that I wished I knew before when I was in my early 20s and that is why I was excited and super motivated to share it with other students hoping that my videos and the event will help them in their lives so they do not have to learn it the hard way and through bad experiences like I did.